Food Literacy, Healthy Communities, and Youth Leadership: A Conversation with Bread Loaf Teachers

Bread Loaf Teacher Network members described an extraordinary collaboration among teachers and students on the Navajo Nation and in Kentucky. This webinar covered youth learning opportunities and agency around issues of food justice, community health, and literacy.

Please also watch the video below to see the Bread Loaf Teacher Network in action:

Guests for this webinar included:

• Damián Baca, BLSE and University of Arizona Professor; NCHO Youth advisor
• Evelyn Begody, NBC Teacher, Window Rock High School, AZ; NCHO Youth, Navajo Kentuckians, and BLSE M.Litt candidate
• Rex Lee Jim, Poet, BLSE M. Litt. candidate, NCHO Youth Coordinator, Navajo Kentuckians, former Vice President Navajo Nation
• Tom McKenna, BLTN Director of Communications; Principal, Harborview Elementary, Juneau, AK
• Brent Peters, Teacher, Fern Creek High School, Louisville, KY; Co-Founder of Navajo Kentuckians, and BLSE M.A. candidate

Resources for this webinar:

• Twitter: @BLTNTeachers
• About BLTN: http://www.middlebury.edu/blse/bltn
• Recent video on this project: https://youtu.be/0vpjRe7L7ts
• Working site of the BLTN with all social media links, feeds, etc.  http://www.breadloafteacher.net